⛳️ Preview & Picks: Truist Championship
Plus: Golf Influencers, Trivia, and More Golf News.
Josey Orr
May 07, 2025
Good afternoon. Here’s a little golf humor for ya, via Reddit.
“I was golfing with my father-in-law and I shanked my 4th ball of the day. I told him one more of these and I’m going to go drown myself in the pond.”
He responded with “you sure you can keep your head down that long?”
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Preview & Picks: Truist Championship
Welcome to Philly - best sports town in America, and we’re not here to debate it.
We like our cheesesteaks wit wiz, our golf courses underrated, and making fun of Jerry Jones is basically a civic duty.
This week, the pros roll into Philly Cricket Club to take on a Golden Age design that’s been around for over a century. A.W. Tillinghast laid it out way back when, and now we get to see how it holds up against 460-yard 3-woods and 200-yard 9-irons.
It’s a par 70 that stretches just over 7,100 from the tips, but don’t let that fool ya - small greens and a unique tournament routing mean ball strikers > bombers.
It’s a Signature Event, so the field is stacked and the purse is fat.
No Scottie this week, but Rory’s here. So are JT, Spieth, Aberg, Xander, Morikawa, and Rosie.
Caddyshanks is hunting for our 6th outright winner of the season. Picks below. Let’s ride.
The Details
🚩 Location: Philly Cricket Club
💰 Purse: $20M (Winners Share $3.6M)
👑 Previous Winners:
2024: Rory McIlroy
2023: Wyndham Clark
2022: Max Homa
How To Watch
Thursday, May 8: 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Friday, May 9: 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Saturday, May 10: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
Sunday, May 11: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
TOUR’s sixth Signature Event of 2025 begins tomorrow on ESPN+ at 11 a.m. ET
Shanks Picks
We’re off to a great start this season, let’s see if we can keep up the momentum.
Winner: Patrick Cantlay +2000
Winner: Tommy Fleetwood +2800
Winner: Justin Rose +7000
Top Twenty: Keith Mitchell +150
Top Twenty: JT Poston +175
Top Twenty: Matt Fitzpatrick +210
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Shots Heard Round The World
This Kid Swings Better Than You
Some dudes spend decades playing golf and still don’t have a swing half as smooth as this toddler’s
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs)
12:02 PM • May 4, 2025
Get this kid fitted for a green jacket already.
Golf Trivia
Those who answer correctly enter a pool to win a box of Pro V1’s.
Which golf term did A.W. Tillinghast take credit for popularizing? |
Thing We’d Buy: Retired
Is there a limit to how many hats one man can own? Asking for a friend.
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That’s all folks! See you Saturday!
